Royal weddings first became public spectacles in the later half of the 19th Century, with the advent of mass media such as daily newspapers.

BBC: Royal weddings: A brief history

And other existing companies such as OpenTable, daily newspapers and travel websites have jumped into the fray.

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The media reinforce this belief, especially such Eurosceptic newspapers as the Sun and the Daily Mail (neither of which troubles to keep a staff correspondent in Brussels).

ECONOMIST: Britain and Europe

Tougher regulation would anger newspapers that are already highly critical of Mr Cameron, such as the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, not to mention News International (which owned the News of the World).

ECONOMIST: Politics and the press

He has also written for newspapers and magazines around the world such as The Guardian, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, International Herald Tribune, Prospect, El Mundo, La Repubblica, The National, Der Spiegel, Die Welt and Focus.

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